Beyond the Bates Bubble

Periodically during the academic year, the department hosts informal conversations over dinner with working theater or dance artists. Known as Bubble Dinners, they provide students a preview of life as an artist outside the protective bubble of the Bates. Sometime these guests are well established and award winning artists, and at other times they are young, emerging artists or alumni reporting back on their successes and giving inspiration to the soon to be graduated. These events are open to the entire campus community. A partial list of past speakers include: Dawn MacAndrews, Art Director Theater at Monmouth; Kevin Adams, lighting designer; Peter Richards, director, Simon Harding, designer; Thomas Wesson ‘09, actor; Molly Pearson, producer; Justin Townsend, designer.